nvlddmkm.sys causing BSOD when installed

Jesse T Hall

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Jul 15, 2017
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This seems to be a common cause for BSOD but I've yet to find a solution or someone else with a similar problem.

BSOD Minidump: https://www.dropbox.com/s/fbsa1rloknby6qt/071517-29094-01.dmp?dl=0
PC Specs: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ongfqx2knx94zna/Specs.txt?dl=0

I've had a GTX 580 for a good number of years and it's always worked fine until a few days ago when I turned my PC on and logged into Windows. Shortly after, my monitor momentarily gave me "No Input" before I got a BSOD. After that, I kept getting a BSOD during the "Starting Windows" screen. I booted in safe mode and removed the Nvidia drivers, which stopped the BSODs. I later solved this by swapping my GPU with a friend's spare which was the exact same model. The drivers then worked fine for a few days until I launched a game, which caused the same blue screen error. Since then I've had the same BSOD on startup as before.
Faulty drivers were my first thought, but after reinstalling them multiple times and having them work after swapping cards I'm not so sure. A faulty GPU was my second thought, but it happened with the 2nd GPU so I'm not so sure on that either.

I've scanned the hard drives and they're fine, I've tested the RAM and they're fine, too.
My PSU is almost brand new and it's the same wattage that has worked fine for years, so I've ruled that out.
I'm able to use my PC without the Nvidia drivers but it's less than ideal.
It would be nice if someone could help me out with this.
 

Jesse T Hall

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Jul 15, 2017
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Here's an update from a few weeks later.
I thought it was time I upgraded my PC anyway and bought a new mobo, CPU, RAM, GPU, and SSD.
Needless to say, this fixed the problem. I'm sorry if this isn't helpful to anyone reading this in the future.